Author: FENWICK, Thomas, Coal-Viewer.
Title: Four essays on practical mechanics. The first on water wheels; the second on the common and improved steam engine; the third on mills; and the fourth on the simplification of machinery, on the equalising of powers applied in turning machinery, and on the thrashing machine.
Description: Newcastle upon Tyne: printed for the author by S. Hodgson; and sold by all the booksellers in Newcastle,-- by Messrs Robinson ..., Mr Mawman ..., and Messrs J. & J. Taylor, Architectural Library, London, 1802 2nd edition. 8vo in fours. vii[i], 102pp, advertising leaf, 2 multi-folding engraved plates. Contemporary marbled paper boards, modern printed paper spine label. Prelims and last leaves lightly browned. 'The design of this publication is to assist civil engineers and millwrights in calculating the effect of mechanics' The Monthly Review 1802 Feb. Of the first edition 'The Critical Review; or, Annals of Literature' Vol. XXXIII, 1801 states 'We have seen nothing more satisfactory on this subject than these short Essays. The author joins experiment to calculation; and his fourth essay, on the simplification of machinery, is particularly valuable'. Anderton page 107.

Keywords: Local History North East England Mechanical engineering. Machinery. Mechanics. Mills and mill-work. Steam-engines. Water-wheels.


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